tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post1816570094689419288..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: Snowden and Manning have cheapened what it means to be a whistleblower (updated)Nancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-57647469133392445872013-10-08T08:46:47.277-05:002013-10-08T08:46:47.277-05:00I love her work. Met her once briefly, and know f...I love her work. Met her once briefly, and know friends of her daughters. That's just to say... she's allowed her opinion, means nothing to me. rritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032850927175008180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-39827234343689213752013-09-17T13:37:42.129-05:002013-09-17T13:37:42.129-05:00This is the best description of what is going on t...This is the best description of what is going on that I have heard to date. I only wish that somewhere in the media there could be a discussion like this that extended beyond the "gotcha punking" (brilliant) that is going on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-51541721036893376872013-09-16T19:09:35.578-05:002013-09-16T19:09:35.578-05:00Of course! (Well, the first sentence is sorta true...Of course! (Well, the first sentence is sorta true.)Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830774223073462725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-64415433064077266202013-09-16T16:51:33.057-05:002013-09-16T16:51:33.057-05:00My initial reaction was that this is a Snowbro att...My initial reaction was that this is a Snowbro attempt to to show the world he's not "racist". Howver, I would like to invoke the "Bob Cesca 24 hour Rule", especially in light of the fact John Lewis did not state support for Snowden as Snowbro had claimed. But if Ms. Walker did indeed express support, I agree with SP; she has a right to her opinion.Kathleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-49443878977577390032013-09-16T15:26:06.969-05:002013-09-16T15:26:06.969-05:00I certainly hope you wrote all that with your tong...I certainly hope you wrote all that with your tongue firmly planted in your cheek. If not...oh well, ignorance is bliss I guess.Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-25743889899751222422013-09-16T12:52:26.163-05:002013-09-16T12:52:26.163-05:00Hey, I know plenty of folks who admire Snowden'...Hey, I know plenty of folks who admire Snowden's courage but think he's an idiot. Also, we should certainly note that Greenwald's "neutral linking" of Alice Walker in no way constitutes an endorsement of her writing, thinking or other political activities; it certainly does not imply any kind of agreement with her at all, any more (or less) than he would agree with any random "coalition of current and former military, police, and other public officials." And color? Are you telling me that this nice white-haired lady is colored? Well, strike me down with a feather, what a coinkydink. Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830774223073462725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-59949911201032839242013-09-16T12:22:56.229-05:002013-09-16T12:22:56.229-05:00Wow, I'm such an Alice Walker fan that the who...Wow, I'm such an Alice Walker fan that the whole idea of it being an appeal to black folk didn't even dawn on me. Duh!<br /><br />Thanks. <br /><br />Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-79050886594913907372013-09-16T12:01:50.918-05:002013-09-16T12:01:50.918-05:00Mo'nin, Ms. Pants
GAWD, have you EVer been JA...Mo'nin, Ms. Pants<br /><br />GAWD, have you EVer been JAMMin'!!!<br />As always, THANK YOU for what you continue to do. Again, and, as you've come to see from a number of others, you're needed. Now...Glenn<br /><br />This feels like it's aimed at me. I mean, Ms. Walker is not one of the "go to" people to comment on much of anything. But, it seems like, maybe, Glenn thinks he can impact on black folk by waving a black person in front of us and saying: "See"? If I'm right about this, we have seen this foolish thinking time and again and, if I'm right, it's CERtainly not surprising that we'd see GG attempting to employ it. And, if I'm right...<br /><br />It will NOT work.Blackmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-75525021940949639802013-09-16T11:15:19.598-05:002013-09-16T11:15:19.598-05:00You have identified the core concern: "...the...You have identified the core concern: "...the job of whistleblower brings with it the responsibility to ask deep moral questions of oneself." <br /><br />With the withering away of true investigative journalism and its replacement with 'gotcha' punking, even those who do tell important truths are partnered with the Snowdens and Assanges and Greenwalds who care nothing for the issues they expose or the consequences that they cause. They have done none of that self reflection, only self praise. <br /><br />Those who have committed civil disobedience in the past were doing so fully prepared to take the rap for it. The elderly nun sentenced to life imprisonment for trespassing at a missile silo knew, full well, she may never again see the sun, walk freely in the world. She submitted her life to make that anti-nuclear arms statement. Snowden and his peers think they should be heroes without consequence. True millennials who think their burps deserve medals. They revealed nothing scandalous, in Wikileaks they may well have caused harm, and they moved the entire discussion from sacrifice to privilege for themselves. <br /><br />We have become a degraded nation if this is how serious civil disobedience is ignored by this grandstanding power grabbing. Shameful.Churchladynoreply@blogger.com